Health Care New ideas on modernizing Medicare A new book offers a pathway to strengthen health coverage for today's enrollees and preserve it for future generations.
Health Care Cutting biosimilar red tape could save billions Europe designates all biosimilars as interchangeable with original biologics. It's time for the United States to do the same.
Health Care Fixing Obamacare’s ‘family glitch’ is best left to Congress Biden's effort to fix a design flaw in the Affordable Care Act is itself flawed.
Prescription Drugs Aduhelm decision exposes Medicaid to billion-dollar costs To make Medicare and Medicaid more sustainable, both programs should have the liberty to exclude coverage of low-value drugs.
Prescription Drugs New FDA chief pressured to slow the pace of new drug approvals In order to accelerate FDA approval of more drugs, the agency should be more willing to pull drugs that fail in the real world.
Long-Term Care Biden State of the Union address revives flawed nursing home mandates The president's long-term care initiatives are likely to make the problems in a reeling industry worse.
COVID-19 Emerging treatments for COVID-19 should lessen the impact of Omicron New therapies like Paxlovid will significantly reduce the danger of COVID-19, regardless of the coronavirus' natural evolution.
COVID-19 Biden’s vaccine mandate is too little, too late Given the changing pandemic landscape, Biden should reverse course and rescind the mandate before it is ever enforced.
Long-Term Care Will vaccine mandates in nursing homes lead to staff shortages? Healthcare providers who have already implemented COVID-19 vaccine mandates suggest that the threat of walkouts is overblown.
COVID-19 Building on the success of COVID-19 vaccines in nursing homes A new proposal from the long-term care industry suffers from one substantial flaw: it relies on increased Medicaid spending to finance the improvements. Many of the problems laid bare during the pandemic relate to Medicaid's inflexible framework.
